Heroin The appearance of heroin can vary dramatically. In the eastern United States, heroin generally is sold as a powder that is white (or off-white) in color. (Generally, the purer the heroin the whiter the color, because variations in color result from the presence of impurities.) In the western United States, most of the heroin available is a solid substance that is black in color. This type of heroin, known as black tar, may be sticky (like tar) or hard to the touch. Powdered heroin that is a dirty brown color also is sold in the western United States.Heroin is a highly addictive and rapidly acting opiate (a drug that is derived from opium). Specifically, heroin is produced from morphine, which is a principal component of opium. Opium is a naturally occurring substance that is extracted from the seedpod of the opium poppy.
Heroin is a highly addictive drug derived from morphine, which is obtained from the opium poppy. It is a "downer" or depressant that affects the brain's pleasure systems and interferes with the brain's ability to perceive pain.
It can be in differnt colours from black to white the whiter the poweder is, the purer the heroin is.
Heroin can be injected, snorted/sniffed, or smoked—routes on that rapidly deliver the drug to the brain. Injecting is the use of a needle to administer the drug directly into the bloodstream. Snorting is the process of inhaling heroin powder through the nose, where it is absorbed into the bloodstream through the nasal tissues. Smoking involves inhaling heroin smoke into the lungs. All three methods of administering heroin can lead to addiction and other severe health problems.
Effects:
After an injection of heroin, the user would start feeling a surge of euphoria ("rush") accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, a dry mouth, and heavy extremities. Following this initial euphoria, the user goes "on the nod," an alternately wakeful and drowsy state. Mental functioning becomes clouded due to the depression of the central nervous system. Other effects included slowed and slurred speech, slow gait, constricted pupils, droopy eyelids, impaired night vision, vomiting, constipation.As people inject more heroin into their body, the inside such as the heart and the liver could get effected and late on leading the poeple who are addicted to death. Personal Reflections
1) List three things you learnt about drugs during this project.
Drugs are very unhealthy
It can ruin our lives
lots of people use drugs
2) List three things you would like to learn about in the future concerning drugs.
ways to stop people from getting addicted
how to stop the illegal drug dealing
how to help the peoples that are addicted
3) List three things you enjoy about using this learning environment (Wiki).
can put pictures
edit on other peoples page
give comments on eachothers page
4) List three things you dislike about using this learning environment (Wiki).
can't move the pictures
poeple can give bad commments
people can put irrelavent things on our page
5) Do you prefer traditional written essays or creating a Wiki page for assessment?
wiki page its more intersting and fun
6) How do you feel about contributing to other people’s pages
it's good we can help them out
7) How do you feel about other people contributing to your page?
i like it so then they can help me to improve my page
8) How do you feel about self-assessment?
good because i can give my own opinions to my page too
9) Which topic do you feel personally was more beneficial in semester one – drugs or love?
I think love because it is what everyone is going to experience later on in their life
10) If you could choose your own topics for PSE what would you like to study?
how to live a healthy life eg exercising, diet, sleep etc
EVALUATION
Student (Self) Evaluation - At the end of the project, students must assess their own work and post results in the DISCUSSION section.
25% = Part 1 = Information and bibliography = 18/25
25% = Part 2 = Contributions and Comments = 21/25
25% = Part 3 = Personal Reflections = 23/25
25% = Layout, appearance and Layout = 20/25
OVERALL MARK = 82/100
Heroin
The appearance of heroin can vary dramatically. In the eastern United States, heroin generally is sold as a powder that is white (or off-white) in color. (Generally, the purer the heroin the whiter the color, because variations in color result from the presence of impurities.) In the western United States, most of the heroin available is a solid substance that is black in color. This type of heroin, known as black tar, may be sticky (like tar) or hard to the touch. Powdered heroin that is a dirty brown color also is sold in the western United States.Heroin is a highly addictive and rapidly acting opiate (a drug that is derived from opium). Specifically, heroin is produced from morphine, which is a principal component of opium. Opium is a naturally occurring substance that is extracted from the seedpod of the opium poppy.
Heroin is a highly addictive drug derived from morphine, which is obtained from the opium poppy. It is a "downer" or depressant that affects the brain's pleasure systems and interferes with the brain's ability to perceive pain.
It can be in differnt colours from black to white the whiter the poweder is, the purer the heroin is.
Heroin can be injected, snorted/sniffed, or smoked—routes on that rapidly deliver the drug to the brain. Injecting is the use of a needle to administer the drug directly into the bloodstream. Snorting is the process of inhaling heroin powder through the nose, where it is absorbed into the bloodstream through the nasal tissues. Smoking involves inhaling heroin smoke into the lungs. All three methods of administering heroin can lead to addiction and other severe health problems.
Effects:
After an injection of heroin, the user would start feeling a surge of euphoria ("rush") accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, a dry mouth, and heavy extremities. Following this initial euphoria, the user goes "on the nod," an alternately wakeful and drowsy state. Mental functioning becomes clouded due to the depression of the central nervous system. Other effects included slowed and slurred speech, slow gait, constricted pupils, droopy eyelids, impaired night vision, vomiting, constipation.As people inject more heroin into their body, the inside such as the heart and the liver could get effected and late on leading the poeple who are addicted to death.
Personal Reflections
1) List three things you learnt about drugs during this project.
- Drugs are very unhealthy
- It can ruin our lives
- lots of people use drugs
- ways to stop people from getting addicted
- how to stop the illegal drug dealing
- how to help the peoples that are addicted
- can put pictures
- edit on other peoples page
- give comments on eachothers page
- can't move the pictures
- poeple can give bad commments
- people can put irrelavent things on our page
- wiki page its more intersting and fun
- it's good we can help them out
- i like it so then they can help me to improve my page
- good because i can give my own opinions to my page too
- I think love because it is what everyone is going to experience later on in their life
10) If you could choose your own topics for PSE what would you like to study?2) List three things you would like to learn about in the future concerning drugs.
3) List three things you enjoy about using this learning environment (Wiki).
4) List three things you dislike about using this learning environment (Wiki).
5) Do you prefer traditional written essays or creating a Wiki page for assessment?
6) How do you feel about contributing to other people’s pages
7) How do you feel about other people contributing to your page?
8) How do you feel about self-assessment?
9) Which topic do you feel personally was more beneficial in semester one – drugs or love?
EVALUATION
Student (Self) Evaluation - At the end of the project, students must assess their own work and post results in the DISCUSSION section.
25% = Part 1 = Information and bibliography = 18/25
25% = Part 2 = Contributions and Comments = 21/25
25% = Part 3 = Personal Reflections = 23/25
25% = Layout, appearance and Layout = 20/25
OVERALL MARK = 82/100
Bibliography
http://www.salem-news.com/stimg/may162008/heroin_photo.jpg
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/centralasia/images/heroin5.jpg
http://thedopeattic.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/large20photos_heroin.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Short-term_effects_of_heroin.png